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Lead singer and frontman of the band Kaiser Chief’s, Ricky Wilson and England cricket player Freddie Flintoff have teamed up to perform a song as The Stars House Band for the World Cup in Support of the England football team as an unofficial anthem. Watch them destroying Boney M’s Rasputin!
The long awaited debut album by the Kampot Playboys is out now! Cambodian folk rock band Kampot Playboys are a fusion band from Kampot, Cambodia and are known for their lively energetic live performances and unique sound. Pick up your digital copy of their debut album ‘Garuda’ today! Show your support of independently produced music […]
After waiting seemingly an eternity, The Kampot Playboys, have now confirmed the release date of their debut studio album ‘Garuda‘, which will be preceded by their first international gig in Singapore and then launch show’s around the Kingdom. The date to put in your diary is 1st June 2018! We caught up with Co Founder […]
National road 3 that connects Kampot to Phnom Penh is undergoing renovation and expansion as of this week, courtesy of a $200 million concessional loan from the Chinese government. Project completion is expected to take around 2 years and will see the current 7 metre width expanded to between 12 and 24.5 metres. “National road number […]
[Updated] After weeks of speculation, last night on The Kampot Playboys official Facebook page, the name of their debut album has been announced. They have decided to break the tradition of a self-titled debut album and have chosen the name ‘Garuda‘. “it will be released very very soon!” – Mark Chattaway According to Wikipedia, Garuda (គ្រុឌ) is […]
We recently reached out to local businesses to see who is using eco friendly alternatives to the most evil of the main pollutants, the Styrofoam (polystyrene) box. The following businesses get a big green Kampot Radio thumbs up for doing their bit for the environment! We will be going into further detail of businesses and […]
[UPDATED] Earlier this year, Kampot expat / Co Founder of The Cambodian Space Project Julien Poulson and Filmmaker / former Lifestyle Editor of The Phnom Penh Post Mark Roy teamed up as The Kommandant’s to produce a short super8 movie called Flicker&Fade The movie is based on the story of 60’s / 70’s Cambodian pop […]
A new train service connecting the main railway station in Phnom Penh (Street 108 / Monivong Blvd) to the airport started to operate to the public yesterday. The service is free to use until the end of July 2018 with a journey time of around 30 minutes. At present the service will operate approximately every […]
The voice of the Cambodian Space Project, Kak Channthy, also known as Srey Thy was killed in Phnom Penh this morning when a car collided with the tuk tuk she was travelling in. She was 38 years old. The undisputed queen of contemporary Cambodian music, Channthy had reportedly just left a party when the collision […]
Since April 2017, 11 bands / singers from the cream of the Cambodian music scene have made a studio recording of an Iggy Pop track. Many of the recordings took place at Oscar Bar on Street 104 in Phnom Penh “I am totally down with what you want to do, so please consider that a […]
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